In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book.
You can best fight any existing evil from the inside.
Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time.
I’d rather play a maid than be one.
What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait.
I’d rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.
Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique.
I’ve played everything but a harp.
I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.
My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful.
I always have the best of everything.
I am loathe to get married again. I’ve been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.
I don’t belong on this earth. I always feel out of place – like a visitor.
When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a fork and knife. The trouble is that Mother forget to teach me how to stop using them!
Playing the Mammy of Miss Leigh was just about the biggest thrill I’ve ever had.
When I was 8 years old, I knew what I was going to be – an actress.
That’s a powerful lucky rabbit’s foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it.
I’m letting no man handle my bank account.
It sure looks good to see an honest-to-goodness audience after looking at you all for so long from the silver screen.
Faith is the black person’s federal reserve system.